Severe Flooding Hits Jakarta

Updated Jan. 21, 2013 3:05 a.m. ET

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Soldiers evacuated a local resident as major floods hit North Jakarta on Sunday. Drier weekend skies enabled Indonesia's capital to recover from its worst flooding in six years, but thousands of people remained in temporary shelters and the damage is expected to run into tens of millions of dollars.
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A girl shouted to a neighbor in front of her flooded house in Jakarta on Saturday. Drowning, landslides and flood-related electrocutions killed at least 19 people, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said Sunday.
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Rescuers evacuated a baby from a flooded area on Friday. More than 41,000 people were forced from their homes by flooding across the greater Jakarta metropolitan area since heavy rains began a week ago.
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A woman peers through the window of her flooded home on Saturday. Indonesia's meteorological agency has forecast heavy rainfall for the week and the provincial government is preparing by piling sandbags along city canals.
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Container trucks become trapped in floodwaters on a road in West Jakarta on Friday.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters Sunday the government will allocate 2 trillion rupiah ($207.7 million) over a multiyear period to mitigate floods, beginning with construction of a channel to connect the city's east and west flood canals.
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A rope helping to steady Jakarta pedestrians on Jan. 15.
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When monsoon rains come to the region, factors such as deforestation in the hills to the south of the city and chaotic planning in Jakarta combine to intensify the flooding.
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Help from a swim toy on Jan. 16.
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A railing providing support along a main street on Jan. 16.
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